History Film / HollowMan

* NoOSHACompliance: Quite a few. The walk-in freezer which can be locked from the outside (walk-in freezers are always specifically designed NOT to do this, most in fact have doorknobs on both sides if they can even close at all while someone is in it) and the elevator whose emergency brake cannot stop the elevator from falling.

* AxCrazy: Caine becomes this when his his megalomaniac tendencies begin to emerge.

->''"You know what, Matt? [[InvisibleJerkass It's amazing what you can do... when you don't have to look at yourself in the mirror any more.]]"''

'''''Hollow Man''''' (2000) is a {{science fiction}} {{thriller}} {{film}} directed by Creator/PaulVerhoeven, inspired by Creator/HGWells' ''Literature/TheInvisibleMan''. It stars Elisabeth Shue, KevinBacon, and Josh Brolin as a team of scientists trying to perfect the formula for an invisibility serum for the military. Initially, the only remaining snag is reversing the invisibility effect, but when Dr. Sebastian Caine (Bacon) discovers the key, the team eagerly anticipates gaining clearance for human trials.

Not to be mistaken with John Dickson Carr's novel ''The Hollow Man,'' also known as ''Three Coffins'', or with Creator/DanSimmons' novel also called ''The Hollow Man''.

'''''Hollow Man''''' (2000) is a {{science fiction}} {{thriller}} {{film}} directed by Creator/PaulVerhoeven, inspired by HGWells' ''Literature/TheInvisibleMan''. It stars Elisabeth Shue, KevinBacon, and Josh Brolin as a team of scientists trying to perfect the formula for an invisibility serum for the military. Initially, the only remaining snag is reversing the invisibility effect, but when Dr. Sebastian Caine (Bacon) discovers the key, the team eagerly anticipates gaining clearance for human trials.

** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17125_cgi-boobs-7-special-effects-stars-want-to-keep-secret_p2.html And in the scenes where we have a full body shot of him...]] (#1 in the link)

* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Sort of. The black woman is the first of the main characters to die in Caine's rampage.

* ConvectionSchmonvection: The base explodes, the elevator's bottom is covered in raging flames, yet the people climbing the ladder up the elevator shaft to leave have no problem with the heat.

* HotScientist: Elisabeth Shue as a molecular biologist.
** Sarah is pretty hot as well.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Non-fatal, using a crowbar.
** Well, in Matt's case, it's non-fatal. In the case of [[spoiler: Frank]] however, it's very fatal.

* LightningCanDoAnything: During the climax, Caine is electrocuted, causing the invisibility to falter slightly, leaving him half-visible, with organs visible. A ChekhovsGun is offered earlier in the film, in which the cure for a test gorilla's invisibility only worked after the team used a defibrillator on its heart.

* MadeOfIron: At the climax Caine gets burned with a flamethrower. Yet he comes back with not even a burned flesh.
** Well, he does actually have visible burned flesh... [[ArtisticLicenseBiology that he then casually shakes off like its just flakes of dust.]]
* MadScientist: Caine.

* NoOSHACompliance: Quite a few. The walk-in freezer which can be locked from the outside (Walk-in freezers are always specifically designed NOT to do this, most in fact have doorknobs on both sides if they can even close at all while someone is in it) and the elevator whose emergency brake cannot stop the elevator from falling.

* RasputinianDeath: During the film's final third, Sebastian is beaten, burned and electrocuted but keeps coming back.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Of the "Most likely intentional for the sake of horror" variety, The woman who Caine raped is never seen or really mentioned again. The remainder of Caine's descent into madness can be viewed in different ways, based on whether or not he killed her (there's little evidence either way). Although, a draft of the script reveals that the woman was just raped.

* DoubleStandardRapeMaleOnMale: Caine tells a well-known joke about {{Superman}} and WonderWoman, with the Invisible Man [[note]]Maybe it was the MartianManhunter?[[/note]] caught in the middle. Possibly subverted, in that no one laughs. It only acts as foreshadowing of Caine's character.

Not to be mistaken with John Dickson Carr's novel ''The Hollow Man,'' also known as ''Three Coffins'', or with DanSimmons' novel also called ''The Hollow Man''.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Of the "Most likely intentional for the sake of horror" variety, The woman who Caine raped is never seen or really mentioned again. The remainder of Caine's descent into madness can be viewed in different ways, based on whether or not he killed her (there's little evidence either way).

* DoubleStandardRapeMaleOnMale: Caine tells a well-known joke about {{Superman}} and WonderWoman, with the Invisible Man [[hottip:*:Maybe it was the MartianManhunter?]] caught in the middle. Possibly subverted, in that no one laughs. It only acts as foreshadowing of Caine's character.

'''''Hollow Man''''' (2000) is a {{science fiction}} {{thriller}} {{film}} directed by Paul Verhoeven, inspired by HGWells' ''Literature/TheInvisibleMan''. It stars Elisabeth Shue, KevinBacon, and Josh Brolin as a team of scientists trying to perfect the formula for an invisibility serum for the military. Initially, the only remaining snag is reversing the invisibility effect, but when Dr. Sebastian Caine (Bacon) discovers the key, the team eagerly anticipates gaining clearance for human trials.

* LockedInAFreezer: [[spoiler: Elizabeth Shue's character (the former girlfriend of Sebastian, the man who is now invisible) and her boyfriend are]] trapped in a freezer. [[spoiler:The boyfriend is unconscious and bleeding severely, so she seals his wounds with duct tape, then rigs a magnetic device out of a defibrilator and assorted objects to open the door (which had been sealed from the outside).]]

* NoOSHACompliance: Quite a few. The walk-in freezer which can be locked from the outside (Walk-in freezers are always specifically designed NOT to do this, most in fact have doorknobs on both sides if they can even close at all while someone is in it) and the elevator whose emergency break cannot stop the elevator from falling.

->''"You know what, Matt? It's amazing what you can do... when you don't have to look at yourself in the mirror any more."''

* DoubleStandardRapeMaleOnMale: Caine tells a well-known joke about {{Superman}} and WonderWoman, with the Invisible Man [[hottip:*:Maybe it was the MartianManhunter?]] caught in the middle. Possibly subverted, in that no one laughs. It only acts as foreshadowing of Caine's character.

* DoubleStandardRapeMaleOnMale: Caine tells a well-known joke about {{Superman}} and WonderWoman, with the Invisible Man [[hottip:*:Maybe it was the MartianManhunter?]] caught in the middle. Possibly subverted, in that no one laughs. It only acts as foreshadowing of Caine's character.

* DoubleStandardRapeMaleOnMale: Caine tells a well-known joke about {{Superman}} and WonderWoman, with the Invisible Man [[hottip:*:Maybe it was the MartianManhunter?]] caught in the middle. Possibly subverted, in that no one laughs. It only acts as foreshadowing of Caine's character.

* HeyItsThatGuy: The scientists include [[Series.{{Heroes}} Matt Parkman]], [[{{Deadwood}} Joanie Stubbs]] and [[BostonPublic Milton Buttle]].

''Hollow Man'' (2000) is a {{science fiction}} {{thriller}} {{film}} directed by Paul Verhoeven, inspired by HGWells' ''Literature/TheInvisibleMan''. It stars Elisabeth Shue, KevinBacon, and Josh Brolin as a team of scientists trying to perfect the formula for an invisibility serum for the military. Initially, the only remaining snag is reversing the invisibility effect, but when Dr. Sebastian Caine (Bacon) discovers the key, the team eagerly anticipates gaining clearance for human trials.